by howmuch National debt levels can be hard to understand, not to mention boring. For example, Puerto Rico is making headlines because it is $74 billion in debt, but the United States is about to reach $20 trillion, and that doesn’t seem like a big deal. How can this make sense, and who cares about all this stuff … Read more
Authored by John Mauldin via MauldinEconomics.com, Since the 2008 financial crisis, there’s been a growing number of ridiculous, inane, and otherwise nonsensical economic interventions from our central bankers that fill the daily economic headlines. I have gone from the occasional smile to scratching my head now and then to “WTF” moments. All that said, the economists who designed … Read more
The Federal Reserve is good at one thing: Keeping their actions a big secret. Some of their data gets released and we can piece it together. Interest rates have been persistently low for a long period of time. Even with the recent small hikes, they are still well below previous cycles… or are they? … Read more
by Mark Angelides So Prince Harry has gotten engaged to Meghan Markle. A handsome guy getting hitched to a beautiful woman is not exactly news, but an odd thing is happening to the world’s media. Those that have for years denigrated the British Royal family (and most other Caucasian monarchies) have dived in head first to … Read more
by Thinker Wars for land, power, and slaves and nothing more and the U.S. is at the command opening every door. What happened to the word called Peace? War has taken its place for an agenda for a new world order at any cost. In China they are putting them away for life for less … Read more
here’s a partial transcript of their conversation with Joey Marburger, director of product at Washington Post: JOEY: The big thing that I can say with our tagline of “Democracy Dies in Darkness,” which was really driven by Jeff. VERITAS: That was driven by Jeff? JOEY: Yeah. (cut) JOEY: We narrowed it down to three different … Read more
By Michael Snyder Did you know that the number of retail store closings in 2017 has already tripled the number from all of 2016? Last year, a total of 2,056 store locations were closed down, but this year more than 6,700 stores have been shut down so far. That absolutely shatters the all-time record for store closings in a single year, and yet … Read more
Here Richmond takes offense with the argument that weak growth for much of this cycle has prevented “excesses” from building, and hence an already long cycle can last even longer. As he says “we disagree and see excesses all over the place, driven in part by years of ultra-low rates.” He notes the following specific … Read more
by Ruby Henley President Trump was so concerned over the purchase of Western United States uranium by Russia, he called out Clinton. Of course, it was played down, but what I have to present to you in this report will chill you to the bone. There is a company based out of Toronto called Energy … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHFr7JnW36w Military contracting companies are being told to prepare for DOMESTIC deployment in the near future, meaning a large-scale operation is being planned in the continental United States. “Mass civil unrest” is being planned.
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by Chris Black Taiyesha Baker used to be until very recently a nurse at Riley Children’s Health, which is an affiliate of Indiana University Health in Indianapolis. Baker became an internet sensation after she said on Twitter that, let me quote: “Every white woman raises a detriment to society when they raise a son. … Read more
by Mark Angelides We are hearing arguments for and against the rollback of the Net Neutrality laws, but what is the reality. And more importantly, why are we ignoring the other 30 plus countries in the world that have already tried this? As FCC chairman Ajit Pai seeks to repeal the latest regulations on how the … Read more
by Lance Roberts It is always refreshing to step away from the keyboard for a few days and hit the “reset button,” which is exactly what I did last week. My wife and I took a quick trip to Mexico to get a little sun on our face while we wiggled our toes in the sand. I … Read more
@StockBoardAsset? This, from Citi, is amazing pic.twitter.com/syRj8zbkdi — zerohedge (@zerohedge) November 25, 2017 Hedge Funds Haven’t Been This Leveraged to Buy Stocks Since the Bull Market Began Increasing use of borrowed money is a sign of confidence Managers raising longs while cutting back on short positions Hedge funds are borrowing more to buy … Read more
By Michael Snyder Yes, this is a true story. I was completely shocked when I learned about this too, and this just underscores the importance of repealing the individual mandate immediately. Shortly after taking office, President Trump issued an executive order which was intended to move the IRS away from enforcing Obamacare’s individual mandate, but … Read more
by John Rubino Corporate share repurchases have turned out to be a great mechanism for converting Federal Reserve easing into higher consumer spending. Just allow public companies to borrow really cheaply and one of the things they do with the resulting found money is repurchase their stock. This pushes up equity prices, making investors feel … Read more
By Michael Snyder Why is the west coast shaking so violently? According to the latest data from Earthquake Track, there have been 698 earthquakes in California within the past 30 days. By the time that you read this article, that number will undoubtedly have changed. In recent days I have felt such an urgency to write about … Read more
Here are the sources cited in graphic: Student Loans Food Stamps Federal Debt Money Printing Health Insurance Costs Labor Force Participation Workers’ Share of Economy Median Family Income Home Ownership h/t hyalineye
Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the Canadian Federal Deficit which has reached $5.9 billion half way through the fiscal year. As John goes into, Canada’s private debt to GDP has reached 266.89% in 2016 (the 2017 numbers are yet to be released and are likely to be much higher). … Read more
Gold and silver expert Rob Kirby says the price suppression of gold and silver is in the process of ending. Kirby says, “In the very near future . . . we are going to experience precious metals to be cryptoized and put on the blockchain. . . .These are going to be superior alternatives to … Read more
What is CFD Trading? CFD trading was originally invented by bankers in the city of London, in the early 1990s. It served the purpose of more efficient short term trading, for speculation and for hedging. CFDs are Contracts For Difference, they are simply contracts whose value exactly tracks the price of the underlying market. Today … Read more
By Michael Snyder Should Donald Trump be named “Person of the Year” by Time Magazine just like he was last year? This has become the biggest controversy in the mainstream media over the past couple of days, but there really shouldn’t be any controversy at all. According to Time Magazine, the “Person of the Year” … Read more
The Rothschild family is one of the most powerful, wealthy, and influential groups in the world. Their dynasty stretches back hundreds of years to every corner of the earth. They’ve been able to maintain their dominance because they were able to ensure financing of companies, governments are more in so many different countries. There’s an … Read more
#VIX #XIV #VXX #volatility In 1992, the CBOE hired Robert Whaley to develop a tradeable volatility product on equity index option prices. A year later, in 1993, the VIX was born when the CBOE started publishing real-time quotes on the implied volatility of the calculated S&P 500 index options. In those early days, I very much doubt … Read more